Information has become the new oil and the fundamental building block in the new digital era. Stakeholders are using, collecting and accumulating data, and using it for marketing and other various purposes. Violetta Kunze, Partner and Head the law firm’s Telecom and Media Practice, was entrusted to moderate a special panel dedicated to up-to-date knowledge of the key developments in information flow and processing at the IBA Annual Conference in Sydney 2017. Organised by several committees of the International Bar Association, the event shall bring together leading lawyers and TMT experts to explore current trends and debate the hottest issues in data protection.

The “Information: the new oil” working session shall discuss who has lawful access to the data, what can be done with the information and who ultimately owns the data. The prominent speakers’ list on this topic includes representatives from Ebay, HERE Technologies, carsales.com Ltd., AT-Kearney and Kaplan Inc.

* Violetta Kunze is consistently praised as one of the world’s leading TMT practitioners by different globally recognised legal guides and directories. She is a regular speaker at conferences, seminars and trainings and an author of numerous publications focusing on the implementation of the EU legal framework in the national legislation with respect to electronic communications, data protection, media law, etc. Violetta is Vice Chair of IBA’s Communications Law Committee and its European Regional Forum Liaison Officer.